Safety Score
92
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
40
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 BMW M3.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | See attached document for complaint |
| 2022-08-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BMW M 3 parked in the driveway and had been turned off for several hours I was wax the car when I noticed a puff of sm… |
| 2021-02-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | IN NOVEMBER, 2020, I RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM BMW THAT THE PREVIOUS FIX TO MY AIRBAG WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX, AND … |
| 2020-07-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE DOOR CENTRAL LOCK CONTROL MODULE FAILS ON ALL OF THE E46 BMW MODELS WHERE THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER CAN BECOME TRAPP… |
| 2018-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | UPON INSPECTION, VEHICLE'S REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTING POINTS SHOW CRACKING AND OTHER SIGNS OF STRUCTURAL FATIGUE CONSISTENT… |
| 2017-05-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE CAR. CAR WAS PARKED, DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK AFTER PUSHING REMOT… |
| 2016-11-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON....... |
| 2014-09-30 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THIS CAR IS SUBJECT TO THE AIRBAG RECALL.I WAS FIRST NOTIFIED OF THIS IN SEPTEMBER 2014. SINCE THEN, BMW HAS REPEATEDLY… |
| 2014-09-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | BMW SENT ME A RECALL NOTICE TO REPLACE THE TAKATA PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. I CONTACTED MY DEALER IN LATE OCTOBER. THE … |
| 2014-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COUNTLESS OTHERS EXPERIENCING THIS POTENTIALLY FATAL DEFECT IN B… |
| 2012-06-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MULTIPLE INCIDENTS SINCE THE DAY AFTER WE PURCHASED THE CAR: ?DRIVING IN 4TH GEAR (ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 40 MINS OF DRIV… |
| 2011-12-30 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE BMW DEALER FOR A INSPECTION, THEY FOUND THE SUBFRAME/TRUNK FLOOR WAS CRACKING AND WOULD NOT BE A… |
| 2011-10-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAVE A BMW M3 WHICH HAS AN SMG TRANSMISSION. I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR LOSES POWER TO CHANGE THE GEARS… |
| 2011-10-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE EXHAUST CAM HUB TABS BREAK OFF ON THE 2000-2008 BMW M3 MODELS. IF CAUGHT WHEN ONLY ONE TAB BREAKS IT CAN BE REPLACE… |
| 2011-07-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TROUBLE WITH SMG TRANSMISSION. CAR WILL NOT STAY IN GEAR AND BUCKS HARD TRYING TO ENGAGE. *TR |
| 2011-02-24 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | THE REAR MIRROR IN MY VEHICLE IS A SELF-DIMMING ONE. WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT, I CAME OUT TO A SIGNIFICANT… |
| 2010-09-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | INSPECTION AT DEALER, BMW OF PEABODY, 221 ANDOVER STREET, PEABODY MA 01960, FOUND BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKEN. I WAS TOLD … |
| 2010-06-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I OWN A 2002 BMW M3. THERE ARE SIX CAMSHAFT BOLTS BEHIND A PLATE COVER. BMW SPECED BOLTS THAT WERE TOO SOFT UNTIL 2004 … |
| 2010-02-01 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | AUTO DIMMING MIRROR ON 2002 BMW M3 COUPE LEAKED AND IS NOW PERMANENTLY DIMMED ON 3/4 OF THE MIRROR. IT NOW INHIBITS MY… |
| 2009-06-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BMW M3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALL OF THE EXTERIOR LAMPS … |
| 2009-04-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BMW 2002 M3, REMOTE KEY DOES NOT WORK, BROKEN GENERAL MODULE. *TR |
| 2008-06-23 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | AFTER 2.5 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE A SLIGHT "CLUNK" COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IS NOTICED WHEN MOVING FOR… |
| 2006-03-04 | TIRES | No | 0 | I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN I HEARD A NOISE. AS THE NOISE GOT LOUDER, I REALIZED IT MU… |
| 2005-11-02 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2005, AT 6:30 P.M., MY FAMILY GOT INTO THE M3. THAT INCLUDED MY WIFE IN FRONT, AND THREE DAUGHTERS IN … |
| 2005-05-28 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 1 | DT: DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING FOR NO REASON. THERE WAS NO ACCENDENT, NO POT HOLE, AND NO OBJECT… |
| 2003-12-11 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | 2002 BMW M3, REPEATED SMG TRANSMISSION FAILURES RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. BMW HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING THE P… |
| 2003-09-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | REAR PARK DISTANCE CONTROL SOUNDED AND AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. SOFTWARE REPROGRAMMED 2 TIMES SO F… |
| 2003-08-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICEL. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT 16000, THE TRANSMISSION (SMG) WAS RE[;ACED AT 20000, NOW… |
| 2003-05-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER ON 9/9/2002. ON 5/27/2003 VEHICLE WOULD N… |
| 2003-03-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 4 TIMES. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES WITH NO EFFECT. THE DEALER DROVE IT OVER 300 MILE T… |
| 2002-10-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS ARE STARVED OF ENGINE OIL CAUSING A SERIES OF CHAIN REACTIONS THAT ULTIMATELY BLOWS THE ENGINE, CAU… |
| 2002-08-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT NO CHARGE BY DON JACOBS BMW. NO SAFETY DEFEWCT MENTIONED. *AK |
| 2002-07-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD | No | 0 | HOOD SENSOR WILL INDICATE THAT HOOD IS CLOSE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL OPEN. CONSUMER IS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY. DEALER NOT… |
| 2002-07-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | BMW HAS HAD A RASH OF ENGINE FAILURES ON THEIR NEW E46 M3S. THESE FAILURES USUALLY(IN MY CASE AND MANY OTHERS)HAS RESU… |
| 2002-07-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BMW HAS HAD A RASH OF ENGINE FAILURES ON THEIR NEW E46 M3'S. THESE FAILURES USUALLY (IM MY CASE AND MANY OTHERS) HAS R… |
| 2002-03-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE BLEW UP WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. AFTER PULLING OVER CONSUMER FOUND A LOT OF PIECES TO ENGINE O… |
| 2002-01-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE DESTROYED BY ROD BEARING FAILURE. *AK |
| 2001-11-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND CHANGING GEARS COULD HEAR A GRINDING NOISE. HAD VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP FOR A THIRD TRANSMISSION. PROBL… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | AS AN OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE I AM CONCERNED BY THE SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND RESALE VALUE ISSUES RAISED BY OVER 80 ENGINE … |
| — | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | CONSUMER NOTICED FUMES COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONER A/C VENTS WHILE TRAVELING FROM 65-70 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRE… |